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GHSA-fx76-2j3w-2mx6 podman quadlet install --replace does not fully replace the old file

MEDIUM Published 2026-09-24 Modified 2026-09-24 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-19730
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
github.com/containers/podman/v5
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-459
Reviewed
2026-09-24

Affected packages

• Go github.com/containers/podman/v5: >= 5.7.0, < 5.8.6 → fixed in 5.8.6

Description

Impact When running `podman quadlet install --replace` to replace a Quadlet file, if the original Quadlet is larger than the new Quadlet, the file would not be truncated and content from the original would be preserved. There is no risk of information leakage as the user already had access to the Quadlet in order to replace it, and in most cases, this would only lead to invalid Quadlet files (see https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/issues/29013). However, security-related options from the end of the old Quadlet could be included in the new Quadlet, and if the truncation resulted in a valid Quadlet file, this could result in undesirable behavior. For example, running `podman quadlet install --replace` to remove a single line from the end of a Quadlet - including security-sensitive content, like `AddCapability` - will fail, and the option will continue to be used. Further, with Volume Quadlets, this can include additional mounts which can cause content to be unintentionally exposed into containers. If, later, the image is updated then compromised content might be leaked to an attacker. First introduced in commit 0ea4eaee70b7458bcc99d875529761faf5172651 with podman 5.7.0 Patches a38a9b7d20915c55e6f3c451101ae72d6da33742 (fixed in 6.0.0) d3adfdeec7d5c9eee5a6978df3bee62a866c958d d4fe9154ec6e32a02d5fcd096c4a27c38f2040f4 (for v5.8 branch, fixed in 5.8.6) Workarounds Manually copy the quadlet files to the quadlet directory. Credits Podman thanks Christopher Lusk (North Echo Security Research) for reporting the security impact of this problem.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-19730 The 'podman quadlet install --replace' command opens the existing destination file with O_CREATE|O_WRONLY but omits O_TRUNC. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup weakness

References